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Where It All Might Lead, October 3, 2001
The idea that the events of September 11, 2001 might be a link in a chain leading to a third world war is not unheard of these days. While even the bravest scholar of Nostradamus shudders at the thought of actually living through his end of time predictions, it nevertheless behooves us to pay close attention to what the prophet had to say about the possible apocalypse lurking somewhere in our near future. In "Nostradamus: Predictions of World War III," author Jack Manuelian has gathered together all the prophecies of Nostradamus believed to be applicable to the coming Final Conflict, and his painstaking research into the pertinent quatrains lends an authenticity to his interpretations that has few equals in the field of Nostradamus scholarship. Manuelian has utilized sources in English, French and Spanish, and his command of all three languages assures the reader that his approach is both thorough and highly literate. The reader may already be familiar with what are called the Three Antichrists of Nostradamus. Nostradamus predicted the rise and fall of, first, Napoleon, and second, Adolph Hitler, both of whom were tyrants who presecuted and slaughtered great numbers of innocent people. The Third Antichrist, which most scholars consider to be yet-to-come, is interpreted here as an ... TERRORIST who will suffer a crushing military defeat at the hands of his enemies and ultimately be forever vanquished. Manuelian makes the case for the final Antichrist being of Arab ancestry slowly and carefully, combining several quatrains that eventually coalesce into a portrait of an enemy of all mankind, a "black and angry one" who wears a blue turban as a sign of his identity. While one would hesitate to name ... as this figure just yet, he seems a likely candidate at this point. Admittedly, Manuelian is not the first to call Arab terrorism the Third Antichrist. That theoretical interpretation has been kicked around for the last fifteen to twenty years. But he is certainly as good a source as any for an education in what has been prophesied by Nostradamus about the bitter battles that may lie ahead of us on the way to a better world. Manuelian also includes material from modern day prophets like Veronica Lueken, Doloros Cannon, and Dannion Brinkley, and gives his own opinions on the alien/UFO connection to possible scenarios of the future. No one wants to hear the crack of doom in what has happened to New York, to Washington and to all of us. Even if the many end-time prophecies of Nostradamus (as well as predictions from countless cultures and religious faiths) finally are to be fulfilled, we should still approach the future with faith that mankind will, with the help of God, eventually prevail against all Antichrists, Arab or otherwise, that are sent to trouble us. In the meantime, books like Manuelian's can give us a foothold in time while we wait to see if the worst is still ahead of us.
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